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HebrewH7967Proper Noun (Masculine)

שַׁלּוּם

shal.lum

24Occurrences
H7967Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shallum, the name of fourteen Israelites

or (shorter) שַׁלֻּם; the same as H7966 (שִׁלּוּם);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Jabesh (H3003H) § Shallum = "retribution" 1) son of Jabesh, conspirator and slayer of king Zachariah of the northern kingdom of Israel ending the dynasty of Jehu; assumed the throne and became the 15th king of the northern kingdom; reigned for one month and was killed by Menahem 2) the 3rd son of king Josiah of Judah and subsequent king of Judah; reigned for 3 months before he was taken captive to Egypt where he was placed in chains and later died 2a) also 'Jehoahaz' 3) husband of Huldah the prophetess in the reign of king Josiah of Judah. Maybe the same as 4 4) uncle of Jeremiah the prophet. Maybe the same as 3 5) a Simeonite, son of Shaul and grandson of Simeon 6) a Judaite, son of Sisamai and father of Jekamiah in the family of Jerahmeel 7) an Ephraimite, father of Jehizkiah 8) a son of Naphtali 9) a Korahite Levite, chief of a family of gatekeepers for the east gate of the temple 9a) maybe same as 13 10) son of Halohesh and ruler of a district of Jerusalem; also repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 11) a priest, of the family of Eleazar, son of Zadok and father of Hilkiah in the family line of ) a Korahite Levite, son of Kore, father of Maaseiah, and in charge of the work of the service. Maybe same as 9 13) a Levite gatekeeper who had a foreign wife in the time of ) a Levite and descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שַׁלּוּם appears 24 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
8
2 Kings
5
Ezra
4
Jeremiah
3
2 Chronicles
2
Nehemiah
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:40BSB

Elasah was the father of Sismai, Sismai was the father of Shallum,

1 Chronicles 7:13BSB

The sons of Naphtali:Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum —the descendants of Bilhah.

2 Chronicles 28:12BSB

Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites —Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.

2 Kings 15:14BSB

Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.

Ezra 10:42BSB

Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.